Article holder



Nov. 17, 1942 L, NEUMANN ETAL ART I OLE HOLDER Fiied Aug. 9; 1940 roeoooooooo 6 v IIIIAI m v ATTORNEYS INVENTORS Leopold Ncumamrl ,aoldKorniol Patented Nov. 17, 1942 narrow nomsa Leopold Neumann and LeopoldKarnlol,

New York, N. Y.

Application August 9, 1940, Serial No. 351,926

1 Claim. (Cl. 206-78) This invention relates to improvements in displaycards or holders for articles such as buttons or the like.

An object of the invention is to provide a display card or holder ofattractive appearance, in which the individual articles will be visibleto the prospective purchaser but at the same time may be protected untilremoved for use.

It is a further object of the invention to provide such a holder, fromwhich single articles can be removed at the will of the user, leavingthe remaining articles undisturbed and as fully protected as if none hadbeen removed from the holder.

It is a further object of the invention to provide a holder in whicharticles such as buttons when once mounted will be held securely againstdisplacement when the card is handled, without the necessity of beingsewn or otherwise fastened in place.

It is a further object of the invention to provide such a holder whichwill be inexpensive to construct.

Further objects and advantages of the invention will be apparent fromthe following description.

In the drawing: Fig. 1 is a plan view of a holder sheet prepareaccording to the invention, before any articles have been mountedtherein.

Fig. 2 is a section through a part of the closed holder, showing theinterior of one of the articleholding depressions with an articletherein.

The numeral I represents a thin, flat sheet, preferably of cardboard orsimilar easily pliable material, which midway of its length may becreased transversely to form the fold line 2 dividing it into thesections 3 and 4, one of which may be folded over upon the other asshown in Fig. 2, or the two sections may be formed separately andassembled as hereinafter described.

For the reception of the buttons or other ar- In order that prospectivepurchasers may view both sides of the article, we may provide an opening8 in the lower part of the depression 5, this opening being of smallersize than the article itself. In case the articles to be inserted arebuttons provided with loops for sewing, or other articles havingattached thereto appendages which would make the articles sit insecurelyin the depressions 5, the opening 8 may take the form of a narrow slitthrough which the loop or other appendage can be inserted so that itwill not interfere with the proper placement of the article in thedepression.

To facilitate the removal of single articles without affecting theprotection of those not desired to be removed; we may perforate both ofthe sections 3 and 4 longitudinally and trans versely between each twoarticles, as shown at I ll. Thus, as many articles can be removed as arerequired at any one time by simply tearing the holder along the lines ofperforation, leaving the remaining articles still enclosed within theirprotective covering until they are themselves needed for use. The twoparts 3 and 4 when assembled may be scored under pressure along thelines of the perforations and this scoring may serve wholly or in partto attach one part to the other.

To secure the sections 3 and 4 permanently in position once they havebeen folded together. we coat one or the other or both, in the spacesbetween the depressions and along the edges, with a layer of adhesivell. Thus the exertion of slight pressure will cause them to adhereperticles we make by any suitable means in one of the foldable sections,as, for example, the section 3, a number of depressions I correspondingto the number of articles to be mounted in the holder and of a shape andsize to receive andretain the articles. We also make, in the othersection, for example the section 4, a series of openings 8 so positionedand so shaped that when the section 4 is folded over the section 3 tomake the completed holder, the openings 8 will coincide with the top ofthe depressions 5 whereby the articles I therein can be seen by theprospective purchasers.

manently. The adhesive need not be applied until all of the articleshave been inserted in the depressions, whereby the proper spreading ofthe adhesive and the closing of the holder may take place in a singleoperation.

As a protection to the articles against contamination from the outsidewithoutimpairing their visibility, we may cover the section 4 with asheet l-Z of Cellophane or similar transparent substance which we maysecure in position with a suitable adhesive. When the Cellophane isused, it may also be relied upon to hold the buttons in place and thecover section 4 may be dispensed with or the openings 6 may be madelarger. This Cellophane may be applied between the two sections 3 and 4or over the section 4.

It will be readily seen that by our new invention we have not onlyprovided a holder that will be entirely sanitary in that the articlestherein are wholly protected from outside contamination, while at thesame time permitting oi substantially complete visibility of all partsof the article, but we have also produced a much more practical andinexpensive holder as the articles need only to be dropped into thedepressions by suitable mechanism, thus eliminating the former necessityof handling each article individually in filling the container.

While we have in the foregoing specification described the preferredembodiment of our invention, it will be understood that the inventionmay have various embodiments within the Climlts of the prior art and thescope of the subjo'lned claim.

We claim as our invention:

A holder for saleable articles comprising a sheet of material composedof two parts, one of which is provided with a series of integrallyformed hollow depressions, each of a size and .the intervening sheetmaterial being adhesively secured and perforated upon lines extending1ongitudinally and transversely between adjacent depressions andopenings whereby the inserted articles are securely held and protectedand may be detached selectively from the holder.

LEOPOLD LEOPOLD KAR

